What to do with all these fry??

[_fish_a_holic_]

Hi guys, I'm new to the board... glad I found it

I have a livebearer tank that's 4'x1x1.5 with:

• 10 platies (3M, 7F)
• 11 guppies (3M, 8F)
• 2 swordtails (1M, 1F)
• 6 mollies (3M, 3F)
• 4 balloon mollies (1M, 3F)
• 1 golden apple snail

I just let them do their thing while feeding flake, frozen bloodworms, freeze-dried brine shrimp, live baby brine shrimp, spirulina flakes, lettuce. Water change about once a fortnight. Bit of salt in the water.

I've also recently put in a "baby screen" that I made out of stiff transparent plastic with holes about 0.5cm drilled all over it. This kinda sits about 5cm off the bottom. There's Java Moss and a little bit of large-size gravel in the bottom compartment. The adults can't get in there but the babeez can! There's quite a few plastic plants in the main part too. Since I've put this in there's been a much higher survival rate of fry. When it comes to feeding time I squirt food under the plastic. Sometimes a fry will escape and since I'm forever stopping by to look in the aquarium, I usually scoop him/her up with a brine shrimp net to go into the "nursery" tank (1.5'x1x1.5) with the rest of the juveniles.

Anyway, so now I have all these fry of all different sizes (ranging from the 4 survived from the first hatch are now about an inch, to newborns). Must be about 70+ of them and I'm not stopping any time soon, it's so cool to see babeez being hatched and growing up.

I was thinking of taking them to the LFS or two, any idea what I'd get for them (when they're fullgrown of course). Especially interested in Australian (Perth)prices...


Irene

 

[paulthegreat]

No Idea on the prices but you should be able to sell them once they are about 80% grown and showing the true sex. If they are full grown the lfs may not be as interested since they can not tell if the fish is six months or three years old. Then again each store has its own morality

 

[_fish_a_holic_]

Gee thanks Paul... glad I didn't have to wait til adulthood I think I'm running out of room!! BTW, I've been reading other peoples' posts and they seem to have a lot less fish in their tanks... am I overstocking do you think??

 

[paige]

i'll hav them i just lov fry i only hav 7 guppy fry though!!!!!!!

 

[paige]

oww yeh forgot to ask where do u liv because id buy them of u!!!!!!!!

 

[_fish_a_holic_]

oww yeh forgot to ask where do u liv because id buy them of u!!!!!!!!

no can do... I'm in Perth Australia!

 

[GSD]

give them to meeee

 

[paulthegreat]

Might be a little over the limit but if you can keep a close eye on the water quality it should be okay for a while but bigger is better and the fry will grow better with less crowding.

 

[_fish_a_holic_]

germanshepherlvr, only if you'll collect them from sunny (OK, OK bloody hot! ) ) Perth, and swap me that lovely betta of yours (avatar)! hehee..

 

[paige]

oww thats just great thanx anyway!!!!!